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with Ms Athiniotis

Christmas cooking    

 

 

 

Recipe: Kid Friendly Fruit Mince Pies     

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This week our senior students learned how to make mince pies. They also learned how to make short crust pastry from scratch and how to roll out the pastry to the right thickness for pie bases and tops.

Ingredients

2 cups plain flour

2 tablespoons custard powder

1/3 cup caster sugar

185 g cold butter, chopped. 

1 egg, separated.

2 tablespoons cold water 

1 tablespoon sugar

1 jar fruit mince

 

Equipment

Baking tray, measuring spoons, cookie cutters, small circular cutter, small star shaped cutter brush, rolling pin

                       

 

What to do: Instructions   

 

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees celscius fan-forced. 

 

  1. Lightly greased two patty pans.

 

  1. Sift flour and custard powder together into a bowl. Stir in sugar. Rub in butter using fingertips until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add yolk and enough water to form a firm dough. Knead lightly. Wrap in plastic wraps. Chill 30 minutes. 

 

  1. Roll out pastry between two sheets baking paper until 3 mm thick. Using a 7.5 cm cutter, cut 16 rounds. Press one round into each recess. 

 

  1. Spoon one tablespoon fruit mince into each recess. Using a 5 cm cutter, cut 16 rounds for tops. Using small star cutters, cut stars from centre of each. Top each pie with a round. Brush with whisked egg white, sprinkle with sugar.

 

  1. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until golden. Rest in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.